?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F408%2F&rft.title=Bulkhead+Failure+due+to+Flooded+Holds&rft.creator=B.%2C+G.B.&rft.creator=C.%2C+A.R.&rft.creator=G.%2C+J.&rft.creator=H.%2C+G.W.&rft.creator=L.%2C+J.&rft.creator=M.%2C+A.B.&rft.creator=M.%2C+N.V.&rft.creator=O.%2C+G.&rft.creator=Ockendon%2C+J.R.&rft.creator=P.%2C+M.A.&rft.creator=S.%2C+S.&rft.creator=W.%2C+L.&rft.creator=W.%2C+J.P.&rft.subject=Materials&rft.description=An+important+cause+of+bulk+carrier+loss+is+ingress+of+sea+water+owing+to+cracks+in+the+side+shell+as+a+consequence+of+main+frame+deterioration+and+the+subsequent+failure+of+transverse+bulkheads+adjacent+to+the+flooded+hold.+When+the+hold+is+flooded+the+stresses+in+the+bulkhead+are+known+to+exceed+yield+and+the+bulkhead+to+have+undergone+slight+distortion.+The+vertical+bulkheads+are+corrugated+and+have+upper+support+from+cross+deck+strips.+Typical+initial+damages+are+cracks+in+the+joint+between+bulkhead+corrugations+and+deck+plating+due+partly+to+corrosion.+These+can+lead+to+portions+of+the+cross+deck+strip+becoming+detached+from+the+bulkhead.+Pressure+on+the+ship+sides+can+then+cause+the+bulkhead+and+cross+deck+strip+to+buckle%2C+with+minor+and+local+buckles+on+the+bulkhead+leading+to+shear+buckling+of+the+whole+structure.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+purpose+of+the+Study+Group+will+be+an+investigation+of+this+cracking+and+buckling+process.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F408%2F1%2Fwsatkins.ps&rft.identifier=++B.%2C+G.B.+and+C.%2C+A.R.+and+G.%2C+J.+and+H.%2C+G.W.+and+L.%2C+J.+and+M.%2C+A.B.+and+M.%2C+N.V.+and+O.%2C+G.+and+Ockendon%2C+J.R.+and+P.%2C+M.A.+and+S.%2C+S.+and+W.%2C+L.+and+W.%2C+J.P.++(1997)+Bulkhead+Failure+due+to+Flooded+Holds.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++